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Incitement Allegation and Suspension Threat Against CCHR and NRPG are Without Any Basis in Law and are Further Proof of Crackdown on Civil Society
Today, 6 September 2011, it was reported in The Cambodia Daily, that provincial authorities in Kampong Thom would seek the suspension of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) and the Natural Resource Protection Group (NRPG) as a result of perceived incitement […]
• • •Calling for the Release of All Political Prisoners Towards National Reconciliation in Burma
We, members of the Indian Parliamentarians’ Forum for Democracy in Burma (IPFDB), would like to remind you that even after the General Elections in November 2010 and despite hopes that the newly-formed government could tackle the issue of political prisoners […]
• • •China Digs in Across Conflict-ridden Burma to Access Oil and Gas
Sold Out details the expanding construction of a deep sea port, gas terminal, and oil transfer point in Burma’s western Arakan State as well as laying of nearly 800 kilometers of pipes. Dual pipelines will pump Burma’s world class natural gas reserves as well as oil from the Middle East and Africa across the country to feed China’s energy needs […]
• • •Open Letter: Establishment of a Commission of Inquiry in Burma
When the United Nations General Assembly meets in September 2011, we urge you to publically and unequivocally support the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. Further we ask that the US government works with all relevant governments to include language […]
• • •Press Invitation: Hundred of Indian Parliamentarians Call for Release of 2000 Political Prisoners in Burma
Mr. Ram Jethmalani, Convener and other honourable members of the Indian Parliamentarians’ Forum for Democracy in Burma (IPFDB) will hold a press conference to support the call by Burmese democratic leader and Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi for the release of Burma’s Political Prisoners […]
• • •BURMA: Asian, African and Latin American Civil Societies Call on their Governments to Support UN Inquiry into International Crimes in Burma
Member organizations of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) have called on Governments of Asian, African and Latin American countries to support the creation of a United Nations Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into international crimes […]
• • •သတင္းအခ်က္အလက္ေတြကို လႈပ္ရွားမႈအသြင္ေျပာင္းေရး နည္းနာ ၁၀ခ်က္။
သတင္းအခ်က္အလက္ေတြကို လႈပ္ရွားမႈအျဖစ္အသြင္ေျပာင္းႏိုင္ဖို႔ နည္းနာဆယ္ခ်က္ပါ၀င္တဲ့ နည္းပညာ အေထာက္အကူျပဳ ပစၥည္းေတြကို
Tactical Technology Collective က ဒီကေန႔ ထုတ္ျပန္လိုက္ပါတယ္။ အင္တာနက္စာမ်က္ႏွာ (www.informationactivism.org/my/) မွာလည္း ၾကည့္ရႈႏိုင္ ေဒါင္းလုပ္ရယူႏိုင္ပါတယ္။ […]
China Speeds Ahead with Myitsone Dam Despite Civil War in Northern Burma
Seven hundred Chinese laborers are working day and night shearing off hilltops, laying tunnels, and building embankments at the Myitsone, the source of Burma’s Irrawaddy River, in a race to complete the country’s largest dam on schedule despite ongoing […]
• • •5,000 Call On William Hague To Secure Burma Crimes Inquiry
Burma Campaign UK today delivered 5,300 postcards, letters and petition signatures to the British Foreign Office, calling on Foreign Secretary William Hague to secure a UN Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity […]
• • •Media Advisory: New report to Highlight Disturbing Extent to Which China has Advanced Construction of Tran-Burma Oil and Gas Pipeline Projects
On September 6, 2011, the Shwe Gas Movement will hold a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand launching a new report Sold Out: Launch of China pipeline project unleashes abuse across Burma. The report reveals the disturbing […]
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